In Memoriam
Sarah Lawrence College expresses its condolences to the family and friends of the following members of our community who died since the publication of our Spring 2007 issue:
Imogen Earp Richardson ’30
March 2007
Frances Richardson Keller ’35
June 25, 2007
Anne Hinchman Elliott-Farr ’38
May 10, 2007
Elizabeth Guernsey Miner ’40
June 26, 2007
Marjory Erdman Fairbanks ’42
March 19, 2007
Ruth Meyer Epstein ’43
March 2, 2007
Julia Montgomery Coleman ’44
March 10, 2007
Elizabeth McConnell Coyle ’45
May 7, 2007
Mary Anne Dodge Danaher ’45
May 4, 2007
Barbara Foss Markle ’45
March 24, 2007
Frances Thompson Blakeney ’46
July 4, 2007
Barbara Stine Cruice ’46
March 21, 2007
Joanne Lautz Sikes ’46
May 12, 2007
Marjorie Bolz Allen ’47
April 20, 2007
Alison Stacey Sanders ’47
May 22, 2007
Elizabeth Gavitt Woodard ’47
May 2007
Natalie Pinnell Wright ’47
May 20, 2007
Monica S. Goodfellow ’49
May 3, 2007
Sue Connie Lindau Berger ’51
June 18, 2007
Nancie Abrams Ostroff ’53
April 30, 2007
Willa Petschek ’54
August 16, 2007
Louisa Livingston Kennedy ’56
August 19, 2007
Anna B. Larson ’62
March 14, 2007
Alvin Charles Goetz ’74
April 16, 2007
Phyllis Ann Rafel ’76
July 13, 2007
Marcy Carlson Speer MS ’83
August 4, 2007
Lester P. Kane ’90
May 31, 2007
We also acknowledge the deaths of the following alumnae/i of which we’ve only recently received word:
Elizabeth Krauss Porter ’32
September 1999
Margaret Gause Shuman ’32
November 9, 2005
Jane Macdonald Cash ’39
May 25, 2006
Barbara Hoag Rumney Drake ’41
October 22, 2006
Helen Davidson Paull ’42
September 4, 2006
Kathleen Mc Laughlin Jeffords ’45
July 8, 2003
Diane Harris Lehman ’46
February 1, 2002
Monica Hodgson ’50
May 2006
Lilian Kallir Frank ’52
October 15, 2004
Nancy Shaw Weil ’56
June 25, 2001
Pamela Allison ’65
February 28, 2000
Elizabeth A. Bragg ’72
November 21, 2006
We remember the following faculty who were vital members of the Sarah Lawrence community:
Glenda Adams, who taught writing from 1976 to 1990, died on July 7, 2007.
Rudolf Arnheim, who taught psychology from 1943 to 1968, died on June 9, 2007. See page 25 for more information.
Geraldine L. Branca, the beloved Westlands desk supervisor from 1967 to 2007, died on March 13, 2007.
Jane Silsdorf Dahlberg, associate dean from 1968 to 1970, died on May 17, 2007.
Edith Yalden-Thomson Durand, who taught economics from 1946 to 1954, died on April 27, 2007.
Lillian Bachrach Farber MA ’66, who played a variety of administrative roles at the College from 1965 to 1976, including Upward Bound supervisor and associate dean for student services, died July 23, 2007.
Walter Hendl, who taught music from 1931 to 1941, died on April 10, 2007.
Edward Loskywitz, a Westlands Gate officer from 1985 to 2007, died on March 28, 2007.
Nancy O’Neil Sachtjen, alumnae/i relations staff from 1955 to 1956, died on July 7, 2007
Grace Paley, who taught writing from 1966 to 1989, died on August 22, 2007. See page 25 for more information.
Carole Shaner, library staff member from 1970 to 2006, died May 7, 2007.
Robert Tannenbaum, who taught history from 1976 to 1984, died in October 2006.